Maintaining data flows for a digital world
Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham looks at the data protection aspects of the recently agreed UK-EU trade agreement.
Read More »ICO supports innovative data sharing projects to protect vulnerable people
The ICO Sandbox has selected three innovative data sharing services aimed at helping those who are vulnerable to online gambling harms, supporting ex-service men and women get the care they…
Read More »ICO and National Privacy Commission, Philippines, sign Memorandum of Understanding
UK Information Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, and her counterpart in the Philippines, Commissioner and Chairman Raymund Enriquez Liboro (NPC), have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
Read More »Motor industry employee sentenced in ICO Computer Misuse Act prosecution
A motor industry employee has been sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment, suspended for two years, in a prosecution brought by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
Read More »ICO statement in response to UK Government’s announcement on the extended period for personal data flows, that will allow time to complete the adequacy process
The Government has announced that the Treaty agreed with the EU will allow personal data to flow freely from the EU (and EEA) to the UK, until adequacy decisions have…
Read More »UK organisations using SolarWinds Orion platform should check whether personal data has been affected
SolarWinds was the victim of a cyber-attack where a vulnerability was inserted into its Orion platform. Organisations using the compromised Orion platform could potentially have allowed an attacker to move…
Read More »Update to the joint statement on global privacy expectations of video teleconferencing companies
On 21 July 2020 the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and five other data protection and privacy regulators from around the world jointly signed an open letter to companies providing video…
Read More »ICO calls on UK businesses to prepare to keep data flowing at the end of the transition period
The Information Commissioner (ICO) is calling on the UK’s businesses to check whether they are impacted by data protection law before the end of the UK’s transition period with the…
Read More »Six things to consider when using algorithms for employment decisions
We have highlighted six key points organisations must consider before implementing algorithms for hiring purposes.
Read More »ICO to recover £250,000 fine from Manchester claims management firm
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) Financial Recovery Unit (FRU) is starting proceedings to retrieve £250,000 from defunct company Pownall Marketing Limited (PML). The company was recently fined by the ICO…
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